2011-2012 The Hockey News AHL Predictions vs End of Season Standings

At the start of every season most publications try and predict the season ending standings, something I would never want the task of doing. I decided to take a look back at the The Hockey News predictions for the 2011/2012 season compared to the final standings and for the most part they were way off. This is absolutely nothing against The Hockey News or our awesome local reporter who picked them, just wanted to look back. It’s almost impossible to predict how 30 teams will finish when their lineup in September will likely be completely different once the season starts and throughout.

I don’t think anyone could have predicted the Norfolk Admirals of all teams to win their last 28 games of the regular season for a historic finish. The list could go on but since I had posted the predictions back in October I thought I’d see how the results were.

Western Conference

Predicted

Final Standings

Charlotte Checkers

Oklahoma City Barons

Peoria Rivermen

Toronto Marlies

Chicago Wolves

Chicago Wolves

Rochester Americans

Abbotsford Heat

Toronto Marlies

Milwaukee Admirals

Houston Aeros

San Antonio Rampage

Hamilton Bulldogs

Rochester Americans

Lake Erie Monsters

Houston Aeros

Texas Stars

Charlotte Checkers

San Antonio Rampage

Lake Erie Monsters

Rockford IceHogs

Peoria Rivermen

Grand Rapids Griffins

Rockford IceHogs

Abbotsford Heat

Grand Rapids Griffins

Oklahoma City Barons

Hamilton Bulldogs

Milwaukee Admirals

Texas Stars

Eastern Conference

Predicted

Final Standings

Hershey Bears

Norfolk Admirals

W-B/Scranton Penguins

St John’s IceCaps

Portland Pirates

Bridgeport Sound Tigers

Springfield Falcons

W-B/Scranton Penguins

Manchester Monarchs

Hershey Bears

Syracuse Crunch

Connecticut Whale

Worcester Sharks

Syracuse Crunch

Connecticut Whale

Manchester Monarchs

Binghamton Senators

Portland Pirates

Bridgeport Sound Tigers

Adirondack Phantoms

St John’s IceCaps

Springfield Falcons

Albany Devils

Providence Bruins

Norfolk Admirals

Worcester Sharks

Providence Bruins

Albany Devils

Adirondack Phantoms

Binghamton Senators

I dare you to try and predict next seasons results and see how you do!